diff --git a/tests/functional/dependencies/test_local_dependency.py b/tests/functional/dependencies/test_local_dependency.py
index 595d1de6be3..fa0087572b9 100644
--- a/tests/functional/dependencies/test_local_dependency.py
+++ b/tests/functional/dependencies/test_local_dependency.py
@@ -385,5 +385,4 @@ def test_dependency_tests_config(self, project):
         run_dbt(["parse"])
         # Check that project-test-config is NOT in active deprecations, since "tests" is only
         # in a dependent project.
-        expected = set()
-        assert expected == deprecations.active_deprecations
+        assert "project-test-config" not in deprecations.active_deprecations